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Title: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: ONTOS on October 04, 2016, 03:32:44 PM
It's almost like the rain forest here. No place to ditch if you have to. (I have had to on several occasions). None were successful, no place to land.  I think HT is taking Al Gore to seriously. Please get rid of trees, a bunch of trees. Thank you.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: redcatcherb412 on October 04, 2016, 03:40:13 PM
Bring up your clipboard and make sure your 'end sortie'  is green and not red for a clean landing.  If it's red prepare for a 6k jaunt away from enemy GVs and planes.  This was a really great feature as it lets you kknow you can't land succesfully.

As for the trees they can be a curse or blessing.  A blessing hiding from planes or a camper, but a curse if you're in a fast gv trying to get troops to a town.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: Chalenge on October 04, 2016, 04:02:59 PM
I think shilo means he cannot land a plane without hitting a tree and going 'boom.'
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: 100Coogn on October 04, 2016, 04:19:26 PM
It's almost like the rain forest here. No place to ditch if you have to. (I have had to on several occasions). None were successful, no place to land.  I think HT is taking Al Gore to seriously. Please get rid of trees, a bunch of trees. Thank you.

Are you serious?
I admit, I haven't been in the game for a while, but trees and bushes are/were a part of the game.

Coogan
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: Devil 505 on October 04, 2016, 04:20:49 PM
I've seen plenty of people ditch out in the wilderness.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: The Fugitive on October 04, 2016, 06:28:53 PM
I landed on a V base with my pony, it wasn't pretty, but I got a good landing.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: ONTOS on October 04, 2016, 08:26:41 PM
I have landed on V bases before. What I am saying is that with an engine not turning the prop, I have glided for miles without seeing a clearing to ditch in. I know the distance from enemy to have a safe ditch. My problem is running out of speed and lift to clear any trees. We had trees in AH II, but this crazy.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: EskimoJoe on October 04, 2016, 10:58:37 PM
Maybe change your outlook on it? Consider it simulating the hopelessness of your eventual virtual demise in a cruel world where trees are the top of the food chain, where the grass really is greener on the other side if only you could find it.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: Lazerr on October 04, 2016, 11:54:43 PM
Ive been able to fly into the lighter ground objects without exploding.  Maybe the same ones tanks can drive through.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: Randy1 on October 05, 2016, 06:29:20 AM
I have ditched a couple of times in small clear areas then hit trees and got a good ditch.  IN AH3 the ditch speed is more critical than AH2.  The slower the better.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: ONTOS on October 05, 2016, 11:41:46 AM
I guess you guy's are right. It's part of life, I need to get over it.


 On a lighter note: what is the biggest bra.......................... ........................... A Zebra.
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: EskimoJoe on October 05, 2016, 05:10:53 PM
I guess you guy's are right. It's part of life, I need to get over it.


 On a lighter note: what is the biggest bra.......................... ........................... A Zebra.

 :D

I consider finding that perfect field part of the challenge, but I'm waiting on AH3 until I get home from the other side of the world.  :aok
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: RODBUSTR on October 07, 2016, 09:09:13 AM
A competent CO would have trees cleared on and around a base to afford a clearer field of fire..
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: guncrasher on October 07, 2016, 09:39:56 AM
or leave the trees there to make the rest of us laugh.



semp
Title: Re: Same 'ol tree thing
Post by: redcatcherb412 on October 07, 2016, 11:45:15 AM
A competent CO would have trees cleared on and around a base to afford a clearer field of fire..
LOL you're right. I had posted this pic before in another thread of my Light Infantry Company in a forested area in '68 by Tay Ninh at the Cambodian border for reference to some tree density.  I can't remember how much det-cord and c4 it took to blow that small clearing so the supply slicks could winch down supplies and take out wounded, but it took a bunch.

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2vkfbj6.jpg)